An unstoppable Force

Mr Crowe kept stumping on Asher. Asher was fading out, everything got quiet and he could only faintly hear Mr Crowe screaming as he stumped him on the back, he could barely feel it anymore.

His mind felt cloudy, like something was blocking his sense then It felt like he was sinking, sinking into an ocean of serenity but then he could hear something else, its sound like a struggle, a gasping for air,the faint noise of choking, he could hear the constant creaking of a bone, he realized that it was Miss Cain.

He felt anger at himself, how could he even think of serenity now, while she suffered, soon that ocean began to boil, he felt mad at himself. He slowly became conscious and his vision began to clear.

Hey kid, Joker said, are you ready?

Do it!

You could die from this, you know that right

If I don't do anything, I'll die anyway.

So I guess it's a no-brainer. Allllrighty then, here goes.

Soon Asher felt a trembling sensation in his body. Mr Crowe had stopped stumping in him, he took the cards from his pocket and walked up to the choking miss Cain, shuffling them while he watched her.

Deep within the recesses of Asher's consciousness lived a living being, given to him by one of the greatest cardmaster to ever live, Lioner, this being is known simply as the JESTER. Joker smiled and felt that old pride he once had when he rule the world Lionor, then he spoke

THE JESTER's DANCE!

He felt a tremor run through his body, then he felt so free, he opened his eyes and saw that he was in an entirely different space, floating in the middle of nothing in a vast ocean of darkness.

Soon a giant card appeared in front of him, it held the image of the jester. The whole space spun around him, tossing him at the card he's crashed into it, face first.

The space stopped spinning and it felt like he was on solid ground, it felt like the space hand changed and what was up was now down. Then he opened his eyes again and saw that he was lying on the card.

it had become the floor under him. He got up and soon even more cards began to appear all Jesters, then in the great distance he saw a faint light and he knew that was his way out.

He took off running after it and as he did the cards behind him began to fall off into the abyss below. He ran and ran, it felt like hours but with what seemed like death chasing him, he didn't stop, he was so exhausted but he kept on running.

That light isn't getting any bigger. It might be getting faint. What is this? I thought I was getting an upgrade.

Quit slacking off! Joker yelled at him. Run dammit run!

Asher kept running as fast as he could, he couldn't feel his legs anymore but he still kept at it.

It's been an hour by now, then he remembers Miss Cain. Oh no! she could be dead!

Don't worry it fine

What? How?

Joker made him see them through his physical eyes. He could see them and they looked frozen in time.

Why aren't they moving, oh they are, we're just moving at a different space. Time runs differently in this space.

What! But why do this? Why run for hours, we could just save her?

And then what!? Go on and get your ass kicked again, you've got no stamina and in order for you not to explode when I unlocked my powers to you.

You'll need to build your strength and stamina but we don't have enough time. Asher only you can save her, so put those legs in and step on it.

Asher felt a new burst of energy he couldn't tell where this new life was coming from but something powerful burned in his heart, he felt more alive than ever before.

Everything he'd been through in the forest, it hadn't even been up to a week since he died and he felt he'd live much more than he'd lived in his previous life as a human.

Now as a shadow, he had made friends with a fox and walking corpse and mischievous jester, he'd fought ogres and won and escaped the harsh forest, he had been a witness to murder and given an old man a peaceful death.

He loved life more than ever and didn't want it to end, not even for others he felt close to, so he ran, he ran with all his might and all his will.

Soon the whole scenery began melting into a blur streams of light were shooting out the faint light he was chasing after

I'm getting closer!

He put all his heart into it and ran and for what felt like a day, he was running and running, he couldn't feel pain, to him now he didn't have legs or hands, he couldn't feel them. He was just a blur of consciousness propelled by an unstoppable will, and determination to reach his goal.

Yes! Yes! This is what I want… Joker cheered at the top of his voice… forget yourself! Be the force, be the unstoppable force, run Asher! run!

All the memories of his previous flushed into his mind he remembered who he was at last and he didn't care, that didn't matter now, so he forgot them, he let all of it go, every grudge and every grieve, he let go of all his attachments and he had become too fast for them to hold him back.

Tell me Asher! What are you!

I am…

What are you Asher! the Jester screamed

I am….

Don't be shy! Say it!

Every fear that held him back was peeling off him; they couldn't cling on to him any longer, not with this speeding. He propelled himself further and further and further and the light got closer and closer at this point his legs and hands had shattered away and his whole body was gone too and what was left was his life force propelled by his unstoppable will.

I am the unstoppable force!

He crashed in the light, they clashed against each other and began melding into one, into one giant ball of light.

This is you Asher! This is what you are!

This is me!

Yes.

Asher slowly got off the ground and before Mr Crowe was aware he stamped his feet on the ground and flurry of cards shot out of him, the cards cut everything they touched and Mr crow saw this and ducked for cover, it cut through the penance rope around Miss Cain's throat, she fell and he jumped and caught her before she hit the ground.

Kid you got a very low elixuim level, if Lionor hadn't transferred some to you when he did i don't think you would have made it this far. So you've got to make this quick okay in and out, just like we practiced

Yeah, I've got this.